Till v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Barron county: W. R. Foley, Circuit Judge. The information charges that the defendant did on June 20, 1917, unlawfully practice medicine and attempt; undertake, and hold himself out as being authorized to practice medicine, and did then and there prescribe directions for medical treatment for the cure and relief of bodily diseases, without first having obtained a license, etc.
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Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Barron county: W. R. Foley, Circuit Judge. The information charges that the defendant did on June 20, 1917, unlawfully practice medicine and attempt; undertake, and hold himself out as being authorized to practice medicine, and did then and there prescribe directions for medical treatment for the cure and relief of bodily diseases, without first having obtained a license, etc. The jury found the defendant guilty, and from judgment upon the verdict the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 4, 1920:
Rosenberry, J.
The evidence offered on behalf of the state tended to show that on the 20th day of June, 1917, Mrs. Thomas Thompson went to the home of John Till, taking with her her little girl, who was ill; that the visit on June 20th was the third visit which had been made to John Till for the same purpose, one visit having been made in November, 1916, and one in February, 1917; that at the time of the visit she entered the home of Till and was conducted to the women’s waiting room, where she was met by a helper of the defendant, who presented her…
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